Show THE YEAR 1863 A RECORD OF ITS EVE progress of the me war for tale union the great campaigns n and battles LIST OF THE distinguished DEAD THE WAR WAI t FOR folt THE UNION I 1 JUNE first union gunboat albert was blown up at norfolk navy yard having caught hrc fire third A steamer expedition up the Com combahee Comba babee bce river south carolina comprising colored south carolina volunteers ic turning to beaufort having destroyed one million dollars worth of property and leaving brought back about contrabands contra bands etc A rebel pirate captured the ship tacony of philadelphia which was turned into a pirate by the captors their own vessel being abandoned olo ned and burned lipitt G C 11 V read commanded the pirates fourth col cornyn with a union foice ica i cached clied florence Ala alabama barna on oil a raid and dhove away the rebels ali alio 0 fled rebels under forrest driven from franklin tennessee Tenn essed by col faulk neis deis ken ked cavalry fifis the J P swift gunboat cap captured tined by rebels ne near ar charleston wasas u by our block adeis ina in attempting to run out of that harbor successful rc by byl howes loves division of army of potomac across the rappahannock Rappa hannock next coining tile the division fell back across the liver eighth fight at Afi likens bend louisiana in which the rebels were ie repulsed with heavy loss on both sides about colored broo troops lis behaved with great bravery here K b ninth union callary of pleaman tons tona command under bufort and gregg crossed the rapp Rappa rappahannock hannock and lead h ad a severe filat figlia with ali a I 1 superior su P erio 1 foice of lees rebel cava cavalry iry driving 0 them back with heavy loss col orton ortan and dunlop of the rebel aimy were caught disguised 0 in unions uniforms and with 1 forged ad p papers within our lines 1 in tenn tennessee essee by b y order of gen rosecrans they were nvere tried and hanged as spies tenth blockade runner havelock burned by our blockading fleet near Chai charleston leston eleventh alarm alarin beginning to bo be felt that general lee was about to invade pennsylvania tho th eState was divided into two military af departments called cail d 11 and monon gah clah with gen couch and gen brooks as the commanders rebel cavalry made a raid on pooles ahle vill maryland and then retired after b a camp col union an troops do ac 1 strayed dacien ga twelfth governor curtin of pennsylvania issued a proclamation stating that the war department had received information that a large rebel force of cava cavalry iry artil artillery lery and mounted infantry had been prepared for the pill pose of making 0 a raid into pennsylvania and callina upon tile the people of the state to volunteer fori for tits its defense in accordance with the g general per a I 1 orders of general couch prescribing the mode of organization etc brig gen quincy A gilmore assumed the charge of the department of the south vice major gen david hunter relieved thirteenth large rebel salt works destroyed at alligator harbor la by union steamer somerset lees army fully in motion north union pickets driven in at front royal virginia fourteenth fourteen th general G on oral milroy commanding union forces at winchester virginia abandons the place after a fight with the rebels martinsburg Mart insburg virginia cap captioned tined by the rebels under gen rhodes gen banks troops made another assault at port hudson but were repulsed with a loss of nearly one thousand killed and wounded fifteenth the alie president of the united states issued a proclamation declaring that the invasion of maryland pennsylvania and ohio was threatened and calling for men from maryland from pennsylvania from west virginia and from ohio for six months service governor andrew G bt curtin i artin of pennsylvania issued a proclamation urging the people of the state to eni oil boll themselves for defense terri terrific excitement throughout 0 tile state caused by these proclamations and ill militia hurried toward hanisberg Han isburg g gen junking jenkins with 1500 bobel cavalry entered Chambers chambersburg burg pa in pursuit of gen Mil roys trains robbing bill the inhabitants of tho tb mcgion without stint Jenki jankins fis rebel cavalry being without support evacuated C 1 1 I ar T 0 lt X arg lr an and d r retired 0 toredio tir edio 0 t o W age P a r s town to await lees army A raid was made into indiana by rebel cavalry who crossed the ohio river at flint rock they passed through the towns and villages of ti ta leavenworth corydon mitchell abit paoli and orleans and other places by indiana home guards guard 1 they attempted to return by the ford of the ohio where they had crossed i bul bu fc were vere pieve pic vented anted by an armed steamboat ste a mboag and troops on oil land the whole party was finally captured train on baltimore and ohio railroad captured by tile the rebels at point of rocks they totally destry destroy the locomotive and cars rebel ironclad iron clad steamer atlanta formerly the british steamer fingal carrying seven guns was captured by the united states monitor we e ilaw ken capt john rodgers 0 in warsaw sound georgia aft after er firing six shots the atlanta sui surrendered rendered having in 15 minutes been penetrated by three shots from the weehawken Wee hawken the atlanta was fully equipped for a destructive attack upon the united states vessels of the blockading fleet and was accompanied compa nied to warsaw sound by rob rebel el steamers from savannah filled with ladies and gentlemen who expected to tc see sec the yankees easily whipped eighteen gen Kil patricks unior union cavalry had a sharp fight at aldie aldi with fitzhugh fitz hugh lees rebel cavalry the advantage resting without wi thour troops twenty first philadelphia city troop arrived at gettysburg and with bells cavalry made a in the south mountain exchanging shots with rebel pickets general pleasanton PIea santon with the union cavalry fought 0 stuarts ichel cavalry and drove them aiom be beyond y ond middle burg through 0 Upp upperville erville and aslia Ash ashbes ashbys bys y Is gap a distance of 8 miles frequent charges were made the debels lost two guns and four caissons chaissons cais sons and killed and wounded among whom were colonels williams and bampton killed and gen fitzhugh lee and col butler wounded twenty second E wells ewells rebel corps crossed the potomac and passed up from Hagers hagerstown town towards chambers b burg u r having with rebel help 1 un the blockade from wilmington N C arrived a at t nassau 1 N P twenty third general rhodes rebel division occupied Chambers chambersburg burg wicenty fourth A P hills corps of LOGS lees army crossed the potomac near under gen rosecrans the army army of the Cumb cumberland Mand be began bean 0 an an advance from skirmishing followed i fifth gifth rhodes rebel division division advanced to Carl carlisle api apparently a delit relit I 1 intending inch illch I 1 0 to ica ch hanisberg Han isburg 11 1 col pennsylvania cavalry advanced within six miles of richmond on oil a raid taking a number of prisoners destroying stoics etc mcphersons sons corps of grants army made a fixico assault oil oh the rebel ta 1 1 t h 1 lj lri 1 R taita t wik s advick at vicksburg bu 1 g b but t N without i s abc u c is 1 1 r n w cess I 1 i I 1 1 twenty sixth at 34 3 p an fn m rebel a advance d gua guard rd entered gettysburg 11 and I 1 bassoon was soon followed b y earlys division curtin of pennsylvania called for sixty thousand volunteers for state defense brashear city tia ta the rebels elili w ill 1500 prisoners prison lc r s acdan I 1 immense quantity of stores f Rose rosecrans erans army occupied beach grove liberty gap and Afan manchester chester tenn in its advance driving the rebels before it admiral A 11 II foote died at new york city twenty seventh major general G C mcade appointed to the command of the aimy of the potomac vied vice I 1 ge gen hocker relieved relieved the army was then rap rapidly 1 idl marching towards pennsylvania 1 twenty eighth york penn 1 mccu arii pie pied d by earlys rebel d division i and iid a levy of cash goods and dered the suri eunen en der of the p dec was made by A sin small lill chief burgess and was paid in goods and cash to the rebels skirmish took place between a portion of E bailys a lys division and colonel pricks fricks penn militia at wrightsville Wrights 0 ville which resulted in colonel P F fallin falling back to columbia the bi bridge idge across across the Stis susquehanna que allianna at clial tha tp bint was the burned afie d 1 1 j T 1 wll ir il J 11 J 1 Bie fit C wi rc a 1 crew of rebel girat pirat pirates es having changed his flag from the tacony to the captured nor ncr archer came into portland land in d 11 in rbt 0 and seized the au S revenue t cm tt caleb gushing cushing and put to sea la tbt fh were chased by armed steamers add i finally blow blew up the gushing cushing tak t their boats they were all camtu 0 skirmish took place at oyster poi near Hari harrisburg isburg 0 between tile i advance and a N new aw yolk aci rc mant rit and capt E spencer millers Phill phillio do phia homel hom guard battery tile the rebels rebel 1 retired i twenty longstreeth Long Longst streets corp corca of lees army reached Fayette 11 pa having crossed tile the Pot potomac maz at williamsport Wlliam William sport the I 1 ebel col ps at fork and near Oai lisle fell back towards toivari gettysburg 1 thirtieth gen reynolds corps of the aj army my of the potomac with bu folds cavalry arrived at gettysburg on that night nit 1 union ti oops and i 1 about rebels were camped ia and around gettysburg allart martial ia I 1 I 1 law aw declared in baltimore by gen to lie be continued |